Women

Elizabeth P. Anderson Papers, 1889-1954 (Mss 653)
Miss Preston became interested in the prohibition issue and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and was active in the adoption of prohibition by North Dakota in 1889.

Angela J. Brennan Papers, 1920-1977 (Mss 238)
Owner of Midway Service Station, Adrian, ND and worked for Western Products, Sunset Memorial, and for Silverline, Inc.

Georgia Rose (Metzinger) Burt Papers, 1967-1995 (Mss 231)
While on the staff of Fargo Hospital, Dr. Burt developed the first adolescent medical program in North Dakota.

Irma Callahan Papers, 1948-1968 (Mss 200)
Active in local and national politics and was a delegate to the National Democratic Primary in 1956.

Minnie D. Craig Papers, 1904-1955 (Mss 282)
Elected in 1923 to the North Dakota House of Representatives where she served for six terms, culminating in 1933, as the first woman speaker of a House of Representatives in the nation.

Anna Chisholm Papers, 1892-1952 (Mss 118)
The daughter of Haile Chisholm who travel and was very active in community groups and organizations.

Aloha Eagles Papers, 1966-1977 (Mss 251)
Distinguished career as a state legislator who introduced legislation that would have legalized North Dakota's abortion law in 1969.

Stella Hohncke Papers, 1930-1976 (Mss 165)
North Dakota poet and editor.

Agnes Bishop Jardine Papers, 1920-1926, 1933-1939 (Mss 20)
North Dakotan deeply involved in music clubs on the local and national levels and served as President of the National Federation of Music Clubs.

Vera Kelsey Papers, 1944-1958 (Mss 11)
Accomplished journalist and author and this collection documents her last four books.

Madalyn Kuhn Diaries, 1932-1997 (Mss 214)
The diaries of a woman documenting her life from the age of 14 to the present.

Elizabeth Leroy Papers, ca. 1885-2003 (Mss 281)
Elizabeth Leroy long-time Fargo, N.D. resident kept personal diaries beginning in 1925 to her death, as well as being a prolific writer of short stories and essays.

H. Elaine Lindgren Research Papers, 1977-2003 (Mss 292 & Tapes 537-563)
Research papers of NDSU Sociology professor related primarily to her book Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota and several other articles.

Lobben Sisters Papers, 1923-1962 (Mss 18)
The Lobben sisters were three Fargo residents who all taught in the Fargo school systems.  Clara Lobben was the first principal at Ben Franklin School.

Katherine (Sorlie) McLeod Papers, 1900-1995 (Mss 246)
North Dakota educator who regularly corresponded with friends and family.

Sylvia Morgan Papers, 1964-1988 (Mss 286)
Ms. Morgan (aka Sylvia Kruger) was active in the Democratic Party, was a delegate to the 1968 National Convention, a supporter of Eugene McCarthy.

Eva Nelson Memoirs, 1914-1998 (Mss 218)
She taught school for thirty years.  After retiring, Eva began her second career as a writer and historian.

Eva Nelson Papers, 1914-1998 (Mss 293)
Includes Nelson's diaries, letters and other documents used to write her memoirs (Mss 218) documenting her life and long teaching career in North Dakota.

North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council. Oral History Project. Memories of North Dakota Homemakers Records, 1985-1990. (Mss 262 & Tapes 361-513)
Oral history and publication project done to preserve the memories of the North Dakota homemakers.

Miss O'Keefe Manscript (Mss 532)
Little known about the author of Pioneer History of North Dakota manscript.

Gladys M. Pearce Papers, 1936, 1956-1957 (Mss 845)
Gladys Pearce was a Bismarck, ND resident and writer.  Her papers consist of correspondence and a carbon copy of "Claimed by the Prairies" (187 p.), Pearce's biography of her grandmother, Winnieford Winston Nicholls (1830-1914), a Bismarck pioneer, dealing particularly with her life after 1873.

Myrtle Porterville Papers, 1879-1960 (Mss 296)
North Dakotan who became interested in the history of Griggs County, ND and devoted a great deal of time to documenting everyone who lived, was born or died in the county as well as histories of the towns and schools.

Grace Brown Putnam Papers, 1944-1953 (Mss 110)
New York native and University of North Dakota graduate who was a school teacher and editor of  Prairie Wings, the official publication of the North Dakota Poetry Society.

Aagot Raaen Papers, 1915-1953 (Mss 8)
North Dakota school teacher and later superintendent of Steele County schools who traveled a great deal and was an author.

Aagot Raaen Papers, 1798-1957 (bulk 1890-1957) (Mss 177)
This collection contains manuscript and research material for Measure of My Days and her family history.

Prudence Gearey Sand Papers, 1918-1955 (Mss 230)
Fargo native with long time association with the National League of American Pen Women and held the offices: State President, (1948-1950), North Central District Chairman, (1950-1952), and member of the National Advisory Council (1952-1954).

Marie Early Reineke Papers, 1929-1965 (Mss 6)
She was dance school operator and a professional model in New York City.

Zdena Trinka Papers, 1940s, 1949 (Mss 3)
North Dakota native and author who escaped the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia while on an official visit.

Eileen Tuff Diaries, 1920-1945 (Mss 235)
Iowa native whose family settled near Rugby, North Dakota in 1899.  Mrs. Tuff kept diaries of her life on the farm.

Anne Walters Papers, 1910-1984 (Mss 171)
A prized playwright and dramatist from Webster, North Dakota who wrote several full length plays and books.

Thorstina Jackson Walters Papers, 1918-1959 (Mss 630)
North Dakota native who wrote Modern Sagas and other works that examined Icelandic settlements in North Dakota and collected biographical material on prominent people of Iceland descent.

Grace V. Watkins Papers, 1921-1960 (Mss 233)
Fargo teacher and musician who was also a prolific writer and member of the National League of American Pen Women.

Mary D. Weible Papers 1894-1917, 1956 (Mss 620)
One of the first women graduates from North Dakota Agricultural College who was involved in the Fargo Opera House.
 

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